But Pray My chi ldren. . . - The warnings - It was July 18, 1830, half past eleven in the evening. In the convent of the Daughters of Charity on Rue du Bac in Paris, Sister Catherine Labouré was awakened by a melodious voice calling her name: “Sister Labouré!” Close to her bed stood a child of ravishing beauty, four or five years old. “Come, come to the chapel,” he said. “The Blessed Virgin is waiting for you.” Indeed, it was the Mother of God appearing in the chapel, “all lit up as at Midnight Mass.” Sister Labouré, listening only to her heart, hastened to Her side and laid her hands familiarly on Her knees as she would have done with her mother. The Virgin Mary said to her, among other things: “My child, the times are very bad, hardships are going to fall upon France. The throne will be overthrown, the whole world will be shaken by calamities of all sorts.” As She said this, Her face was suffused in profound sorrow. “A time of great danger is coming, when people will think that all is lost. Then I will be with you... Have confidence, do not be discouraged, I will be with you. “There will be victims among the clergy in Paris. The archbishop will die.1 My child, the cross will be despised, it will be thrown down on the ground. Our Lord’s side will be opened once again. The streets will run with blood, the whole world will be in sorrow.” And tears re1. Msgr. Georges Darboy (1813‐1871), the Archbishop of Paris, perished at the hands of the Communards. See Mag‐ nificat June‐July 2020.
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